Monthly report
U.S. data centers in July 2025
In July 2025, the Data Center Census recorded 20 dated changes at 17 tracked projects across 13 states.
Final report for July 2025, published August 1, 2025. Last data change: . Page rebuilt .
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- Dated changes
- 20
- Projects with a first milestone
- 5
- Moratorium actions
- 1
- Court cases filed
- 0
The month in one paragraph
In July 2025, the Data Center Census recorded 20 dated changes at 17 tracked projects across 13 states. 5 projects have their earliest dated milestone in the month. Events recorded include 6 approvals, 2 cancellations, 1 construction or operations start. 1 moratorium action was recorded, 1 of them adopted, extended or announced. That is 6 more than the 14 changes recorded in June 2025.
Counts describe what was recorded in this tracker, from published filings, notices and reports. They are not a measure of everything that happened in the industry, and a month’s counts can rise later if sources dated in it are added.
Compared with June 2025
| Measure | July 2025 | June 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dated changes recorded | 20 | 14 | +6 |
| Projects with a change | 17 | 12 | +5 |
| States | 13 | 10 | +3 |
| Projects with first milestone | 5 | 3 | +2 |
| Approval events | 6 | 5 | +1 |
| Denial events | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cancellation events | 2 | 1 | +1 |
| Construction or operations starts | 1 | 0 | +1 |
| Moratorium actions | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Court cases filed | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hearings and votes held | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hearings and votes upcoming | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Projects with their first milestone in July 2025
| Project | First milestone | Status now |
|---|---|---|
| Project Cumulus St. Charles, St. Charles County, MO | Jul 14, 2025 | Cancelled |
| Project Cornmaze Beloit, Rock County, WI | Jul 15, 2025 | Proposed |
| Vantage Frontier Campus Albany, Shackelford County, TX | Jul 21, 2025 | Under construction |
| Project Tembo Cheyenne, Laramie County, WY | Jul 24, 2025 | Approved |
| Project Mica Kansas City, Clay County, MO | Jul 31, 2025 | Under construction |
A project appears here when its earliest dated timeline entry is in this month. It does not mean it was announced publicly that month.
Every dated change
| Date | What changed | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2025 | City Council approves the Employment Center Plan City of Taylor, TX Approval | Blueprint Taylor Data Center Taylor, Williamson County, TX · Approved |
| Jul 24, 2025 | Crusoe and Tallgrass announce a 1.8 GW AI data center in southeast Wyoming Tallgrass | Project Tembo Cheyenne, Laramie County, WY · Approved |
| Jul 22, 2025 | Township board votes unanimously to conditionally rezone 522 acres for the data center Planet Detroit | Augusta Township Data Center (Thor Equities) Augusta Township, Washtenaw County, MI · Denied |
| Jul 21, 2025 | Shackelford County Commissioners unanimously approve reinvestment zone and accept Vantage abatement application The Albany News Approval | Vantage Frontier Campus Albany, Shackelford County, TX · Under construction |
| Jul 17, 2025 | SELC, on behalf of NAACP Memphis and Young, Gifted & Green, appeals permit to Memphis and Shelby County Air Pollution Control Board Tennessee Lookout | xAI Colossus Memphis, Shelby County, TN · Operating |
| Jul 16, 2025 | xAI affiliate MZX Tech buys former Duke power plant site in Southaven, MS Southern Environmental Law Center | xAI Colossus 2 Memphis, Shelby County, TN · Under construction |
| Jul 15, 2025 | CoreWeave announces up to $6 billion commitment for Lancaster data center CoreWeave | CoreWeave Lancaster data center Lancaster, Lancaster County, PA · Under construction |
| Jul 15, 2025 | Agreement in principle announced for EQT to supply up to 665,000 MMBtu/day of gas Homer City Redevelopment (via Seeking Alpha) | Homer City Energy Campus Homer City, Indiana County, PA · Under construction |
| Jul 15, 2025 | Town of Beloit signs pre-development agreement with Cambrin LLC WPR | Project Cornmaze Beloit, Rock County, WI · Proposed |
| Jul 14, 2025 | Zuckerberg announces Prometheus, a 1 GW cluster to come online in 2026 Inc. | Meta Prometheus New Albany, Franklin and Licking counties, OH · Operating |
| Jul 14, 2025 | Planning and Zoning Commission partially recommends approval Data Center Dynamics Approval | Project Cumulus St. Charles, St. Charles County, MO · Cancelled |
| Jul 14, 2025 | Spalding County Board of Commissioners holds a hearing on the application WSB-TV Channel 2 | Project Spalding Spalding County, GA · Approved |
| Jul 3, 2025 | Western Hospitality Partners says project will be withdrawn and will not proceed WAVE / WDRB Cancellation | Project Lincoln Oldham County, KY · Cancelled |
| Jul 2, 2025 | Shelby County Health Department approves permit for 15 gas turbines through Jan. 1, 2027 (DCD reports July 1 meeting) Tennessee Lookout Approval | xAI Colossus Memphis, Shelby County, TN · Operating |
| Jul 1, 2025 | Fiscal Court passes 150-day moratorium on data centers 4-2 with no exemptions; Deputy Judge-Executive Joe Ender fired over secret recording Louisville Public Media | Project Lincoln Oldham County, KY · Cancelled |
| Jul 2025 | AWS withdraws conditional use permit application for a 7.2 million sq ft third campus on 1,370 acres Virginia Mercury Cancellation | Amazon Web Services Louisa County campuses Louisa, Louisa County, VA · Under construction |
| Jul 2025 | Google confirmed as project backer Data Center Dynamics | Google Franklin Township data center Indianapolis, Marion County, IN · Cancelled |
| Jul 2025 | Port KC approves authorization of $10 billion in taxable revenue bonds for Project Mica KCTV5 Approval | Project Mica Kansas City, Clay County, MO · Under construction |
| Jul 2025 | Spalding County Board of Commissioners approves rezonings and special exceptions with conditions for the campus The Griffin Daily News Approval | Project Spalding Spalding County, GA · Approved |
| Jul 2025 | Ground broken (The Gazette; CBJ reports first building groundbreaking in August 2025) The Gazette Construction or operations start | QTS Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus Cedar Rapids, Linn County, IA · Under construction |
Moratorium actions
| Jurisdiction | Action | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oldham County Kentucky · 150 days | Adopted | Jul 2025 | Louisville Public Media |
How this report is made
Generated from the Census records at build time. It lists dated timeline events, hearings, lawsuit filing dates and moratorium actions that fall in the month; each links to its project record and source. A month-only date belongs to its month. Entries dated only to a year are not placed in a month. Approval, denial, cancellation and construction counts are made by reading the wording of each dated event, so one event can count in more than one group, and a vote on a related item can be miscounted; open the linked record to read the source. Nothing is estimated.
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Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Figures may change as records are updated — include the date you retrieved them.
| APA | Data Center Census. (2026). U.S. data centers in July 2025. Retrieved from https://datacentercensus.com/reports/2025-07 |
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| MLA | “U.S. data centers in July 2025.” Data Center Census, Oct 14, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/reports/2025-07. |
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